The goal of building a legal services network for immigrants got a boost Tuesday night with a major donation to the Immigrant Justice Corps. The Robin Hood Foundation announced a $1.3 million gift that will jump-start the organization’s plan to recruit 25 new or recent graduates from law schools who are willing to devote at least two years to representing immigrants, particularly those who are facing orders of deportation.
The Immigrant Justice Corps, headed by Nisha Agarwal, is seen as a first step toward building a nationwide network of attorneys committed to helping the immigrant poor—a long-time goal of Judge Robert Katzmann, chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit who, since 2007, has targeted and documented the gap in representation for the poor in immigration courts.
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